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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1904.

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Marty-$30 per anubis,

WEEKLY—$13 per anemb..

The rates per qiierter and per menseta, proportional. The daily boue in delivered free when the wildrose ja accessible to snemenger 4 copius sont by post att additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for peetage. The protage on the weakly issue to any part of the

world is 30 cents per quarter.

THE WAR.

THE VALU ENGAGEMENT.

An officer, presumably attached in the flead. quarters Staff, has made an interesting descrip tive comment on the Yalu engagement, which he speaks of as follows:-

Single Capim Daily, ten reats; Werkly, twenty, about duc cast.

Give Cepts.

BARIN.

BRANDIES. Singapme the wife of ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,

A.

OLD PALE

... $20.00

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TOGNAC...

C VERY OLD LIQUEUR

COGNAC...

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OLD" LIQUEUR

VERY

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3.3.00

40.00

A our Brandies are guaranteed to be PURE COGNAC, the differences in price

being merely a question of age and vintage

For a "Boda" Brandy we strongly recommend the "B" quality.

On the rosh May, at 18 Cavanagh Road

of a daughter.

"The right wing, in body, and left wing of our army having successfully crussed the Yalu by a bridge some miles above Chollen. cheng, advanced to the left bank of the Ai river, and having crossed, occupied an elevated position on the night bank overlooking the position of the enemy holding the neighbour hond of bulien cheng judging from the de- |tailed report, our right wing continued to ad- vance in the parsuit. The main body (Im perial lygs.rd regiments) at Tai-ro-1), 10 the north-west of Chulen-cheng, bioved south- wards to Ko baku-to, having Cholien-cheng The left wing was in the direction of Antung, Chulien-cheng on the land side being thus surrounded, with the Rus- sians between our forces and the river. Ja may be conjectured that the enemy had been defending the elevated positions between Yus ju-ko and Makan, intending to refed to Chulien-cheng, there to make a last stand. Our attack being too much for them, however, they were unable to hold the position, but had to retreat northwestwards in the direction of Fumban chen. Our forces advanced on their retreat and gradua ly closed in, and at the same Mime the position of Chalien-cheng was taken. The enemy was well supplied with artillery and quick-fining guns, and, taking their strong position into consuleration, it speaks well for the manner and vigour of our aback that the position was carried. The fact that we seized over twenty guns and captured many officers and men, besides occupying not only Chulien OBSTRUCTION OF PATHWAYS. | cheng but the district seven-and-a-half miles to the west, proves that the engageinent was a Cleat one."

DEATHS.

On the 9th May, at 7/7, Queen Street, Singa- pore. EliZABETH MARY (Bessie) the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. 4. de Souza, aged 3 years and 6 months.

At the overnment Givil Hospital, on the 17th inst, William Ralph Seymour, aged 31, Junior Assistant Master, at Queen's College

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, Wednesday, May 18, 1904.

In a retent issate we dealt with the ques tion of the obstruction of pathways. The subject appears to be engaging the attention of the police authorities as well as the Law Olivers of the Crown. This morning Ser geant Kerr placed our men before M. Gomperts, at the Police f'ount, on the charge of causing an obstruction in the footpath, by carrying coal-baskets, and bamboo poles

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JAPANESE SCUPTS ON THE VALU.

A ROMANIC STORY OF DARING.

A correspondent sends us the following description of a romantic incident in the war to the M. C. D. Netry :--

One o'clock in the morning towards the

close of April, and crescent moon of the sixth day in the lunar calendar fell in the depths of the valley under the

reign.

Phoenix Mountain

· Pinghuangshan). The Tiger lidl and Dragon Bay were asleep, dreaming. No human form on winch coals of tope were siung, Furnal | was to be seen or voice heard. Darkness was evidence of the arrest of the men was given, over all the land, and it seemed as though no and then Sergeant Ketr asked for a remand human interference would be allowed with its in order that the Crown Prosecutor might be communicated with, as the Ordinance appears to be somewhat vague regarding A. S. WATSON & CO., what is and what is not "calculated to annoy or commode passengers along the pathways. The cases were remanded until Friday, the zoth inst., the delendants being released on bail of $5 each. The Police

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are wondering what will happen when the electric tramcars start running, if the ordi nance anent obstructions is not amended beforehand, for they anticipate that, to get out of the way of the cars, coolies and hawkers will flock on to the pathways, and make them impossible thorouglifares for ordi- nary pedestria .s, and thus make cunfusion worst confounded. An amendment of the Ordinance, or, failing that. a broader inter- pretation thereof, is desirable.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Suddenly six or seven darker shadows crept out from the darkness, and shaped themselves as men. Four were naked; the foreinost had a dagger in his hand, and two poles across his

back. Grasping a rope, he advanced to the river and plunged in. Clouds were gathering in the sky and intensified the darkness. A second, then a third, and a fourth of the It braves walked to the river and jumper m was already spring but the cold of the might was still severe and the bed of the river was as if frozen. Un the opposite bank Russian

sentries were on watch.

The first stream was shallow and only 30 Beyond it, however, was a yards across. second enclosing the delta, and this was s0 deep and rand that the four swimmers by putting forth their utmost exertions could yet make scanty headway. The cold was almost paralysing, but they pushed forward knowing

the sacredness of their mission.

A length they were across, though the leader had lost his dagger and his poles, which had been swept away by the swift curient But they had accomplished their mission and learnt what they wanted to know. Then, their duty done, they took once again to the water to

return.

Dawn was peeping from the eastern sky and the sentries on watch were keen eyed and atert. The deep stream was crossed in safety, and the plunge was about to be made into the o her when a shot rang out and one of four heroes disappeared beyond hope of rescue. The three

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuters) Russia.

THE OPIUM BILL:

STRENUOUSLY OPPOSED. FULL REPORT. As mentioned in our issue last evening, a LONDON, 16th May. lengthy discussion followed the moving of the The Tsar has left St. Petersburg for Khar-second reading of the Bill to amend the Pre- koff and Kieff to bid farewell to the troops parel Opium Ordinance, 1891, It arose out of opposition on the part of some unofficial going to the front. The Tsar will be absent

members, and by reason of the interesting points fur to days.

raised by the representatives we reproduce the arguments at length.

The Austro-Hungarian Budget.

The enormous demands for extraordinary naval and military expenditure has caused amazement and anxiety in Vienna. The newspapers decline to believe that there are sufficient grounds for imposing such a bur- den on Austria Hungary.

LATEK.

In rising to propose the second reading of the Bill, the Attorney General said that the introduction of the measure was necessary to effect that protection to the Opium Farmer from illicit sales of the drug to which he was rightfully entitled. The necessity for amend ing the Ordinance arose from, the difficulty regarding the construction to be placed upon the present definition of the words "pre- M. Dommer, President of the Budget Compared opium" and "preparation of opium' mitte, in a speech at a banquet, strongly condemned the questionable attitude of some Frenchmen towards the Russian alliance. He said it was impossible for France to side with "yellows" in a struggle between West ern and Eastern civilizations.

Franc), Russia and Japan.

Austria-Hungary.

Count Goluchowski, addressing a delega. tion at Buda-Pest, said the situation in the Far East was most gloomy and it was impos- sible to guage the duration of the struggle. In view of the wide interpretation of "con- traband of war," he suggested restrictive re- gulations by a mutual agreement of the Powers. He warned Turkey against the serious dangers to which she will expose herself if she failed to make reforms.

China's Neutrality. It's officially notified that China has ins tructed its representatives to assure the Powers that, come what may, she intends to strictly adhere to neutrality.

THE VICEROY WEI AND RIVER CONSERVANCY.

The Viceroy Wei Kwang-tao wrote to the Foreign Consuls in Shanghai the other day

as follows:--

by the Registrar General, it appeared there were some 83 firms who dealt in opium pills and wine. Of those 83 dnly five dealt exclusively in the articles, while all the other 78 were general dealers, and earned he could not call it an honest penny-an illicit penny by the additional sales of opiumi pills and wine, There were 83 firms, but they had only to deal with five. They saw what the hardship was. The largest of all those dealers did a business which he admitted to be $100 B month. That was for a total sale, not neti, bat gross, and after dedacting out of pocket expenses, his largest profit amounted to about $35 a month. Where was the bardship even supposing the Opium Farmer had permitted those persons to go on for any length of time? There was no hardship. It was clear, therefore, that while great loss was inflicted upon the Farmer by the infringement of his privilege the loss to individual dealers was very small.

H. R.—I think it should be stated that the report of the Registrar-General stated $100 a month was the largest overturn of «a "retaif dealer.

The Attorney-General thought he had stated so, but it was a fact that the largest retail busi- ness merchant admitted that,his sales did not

exceed $100 a month. It was absolutely an argument ad caplandum; it had no force other. wise. The question was not whether it was hardship or not, to prevent a man, who had been for a long course of time engaged in illicit dealing from continuing, but whether or not the Opium Farmer, when he came to the Council to be protected, was entitled to pro. tection. So that from

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that occurred in the present Ordinance. The defuition of "prepared opium" was There stated as follows: "Prepared opium shall so far as relates to the infringe- nent of the Opium Farmer's privilege of preparing opium within the Colony mean opium which has been subjected to any degree of artificial heat for any purpose whatsoever," and the definition of "preparation of opium" was the subjecting of opium of any kind to any degree of artificial heat for any purpose what soever. Persons had been importing illicit opium into the Colony and using it in the pre- paration of so-called anti-opium in pills and wine, and on appearing before the Magistrate

A LEGAL AND MATERIAL POINT OF VIEW the prosecution had failed because, though it was easy enough to prove that the wing and the question of hardship should not enter ino pills was each a preparation of opium still, in consideration for one single moment. neither case, could the learned Magistrale he illicit buyer or seller had absolutely no claim satisfied that any degree of artificial heat had for consideration by the Council; the man been used in the preparation thereof. That entitled to consideration, for protection, was the was a technical objection which was fatal to the honest Opium Farmer who paid $2,000,000 to

for the protection of the Opium Farmer, But Tear dealing exclusively in opium. At the same operation of the Ordinance, which was inter dan de revenue of the Colony for the privilege

was obviously impossible to say by the mouth time, though it was not necessary for him to of any witness whether epium brought from deal with the question of hardship, it was of Canton and used here in preparing pills and course always gratifying to know that in any wine had or had not at any time been subjected į particular proceeding one was not inflicting to any degree of artificial heat. Given the hardship, and he put it to them that he bad principle, therefore, of a proper protection to the Farmer in the monopoly which govern- ment,in the authority vested in it, granted to him-accepting that principle it was obvious that it was clearly

"When Consul-Generals Goodnow and Sif- fert were in Nanking handed them a memo-

THE DUTY OF THE COUNCIL randum containing five conditions regarding to pass such a measure as would give the Whngpoo Conservancy, which I believe Farmer that protection to which he was enti- Consul Generals Goodnow and Stiffent looked. It was not necessary, but at the same away with them so as to consult with you on their return. I believe you have received by this tune the memorandum I gave then, but to avoid any misapprehension I send you here- with a copy of the memorandum for your guidance. From the memorandum you will see that the merchants will escape untoward expenses and the works of conservancy will be carried out all the sooner which will be a great benefit for all concerned and I hope all the

Consuls will endorse the conditions proposed.

Dow

"I hereby attach the said five conditions which please consul: about with the other consuls at the earliest moment and adopt the same and oblige."

time it was just as well for them to remember, that the amount paid by the Opium Farmer for the monopoly for the exclusive privilege-and they must remember it was the exclusive privi- lege-which be bad of dealing in opium was extremely large in itself, and greatly in excess of the amount paid by any Opium Farmer in previous years. Though he had heard it put forward as a reason why nothing should be done in the present instance that the illicit sales had been going on for a long period in the past, and though it might be perfectly true, still, in view of the fact that the Farmer to-day was paying more than three times what his predecessors did, it might be equally true-in fact, it seemed to him to be obviously more true-as a prudent man of business he could no longer be content to overlook that which did not matter so much to his predecessors, who were paying so very much less for the exclusive right which largest tonnago dues, as well as foreign and they had. From inquiries that had been made since the necessity for the amendments had native merchants in Shanghai should contribute the expenses of the Conservancy work of the been brought to the notice of the Government, Whangpoo River, yet the Chinese Goveramentit appeared that this illicit competition had so now wishes itsell to defray all the expenses in the following manner so as to relieve the said merchants from untoward expenses.

The following is China Gazette translation from the Chinese text of the Viceroy Wei's proposals.

Though it was stipulated that the

merchants of the various powers who pay the

The Chinese Government is prepared to pay out Tis. 460,000 annually, of which Tis.

increased that the Farmer had teen forced to increase his prices somewhat. It would be seen at once that, when a man päld three times as much as his predecessor was paying for an article which he was not going to sell it

the price of the commodity would follow. It was to be admitted that the Farmer, exercising that respect and right which he had had, some- what increased his price; but it must also be admitted by those who opposed the amendment

The

shewn that, even if hardship was a good argument, which it was not, ibere was no question of hardship in treating of the case be- fore them. The Opium Farmer bad,considered the question as to whether he could continue to license a certain number of persons to sell opium provided they bought from him. Surely, the Farmer having paid for the exclusive right of dealing with op um was entitled to settle for himself whether he would license other people or not. He had considered the point, and could not see his way to any longer permit either by license or otherwise the sale of oprem by any person but himself, or in some branch establishment which he might open. The principal reason why he feared taking the course was the impossibility of controlling the native vendor either so as to make him keep a true record of the sales or to compel him lo purchase his stock from the Opium Farmer.

AS AN ANTIDOTE.

The second assertion was to the effect that the sale of epiam pills and wine was principally made to those who wished to break themselves of the opium habit. The Attorney General observed that he did not know whether such a suggestion would be made that day, but he had heard it suggested that it was to the interest of the Opium, Farmer that the habit should be. indulged in rather than cured. Inquiries had been made from the Farmer which showed that - the assertion was groundless, because the Farmer was prepared to supply pills and wine to any one who desired to take them to cure

Therefore, it did not lay in the mouth of any himself of opium smoking or opium eating. person to say that opium pills and wine would no longer be sold. The Farmer was prepared to open branches where all facilities would be

A MEETING of the Sanitary Board will be held remaining scouts, after three hours' battling 230,000 would form the portion of the Chinese was only to be supposed that some increase in „fforded so that those who desired to purchase

at 4.15 p.m. ta-noricw

EIGHT more Chinese cases of plagite bring the total for the year to 119. One of the eight for the twenty-four hours ended at noon to lay was imported from Antoy, another was from the Emigration Camp at Laichikok.

IN connection with the raising of the Parag it is stated that to facilitate them in their work the Japanese desired to purchase a copy of the ship's plans from the Philadelphia yard where she was built. The price asked, $5,000 gold, was, however, considered too high and the work continued without it. A little later the ship's own plans, which were supposed to have been

PHOTOGRAPHIC lost, were recovered from the wreck.

DEPARTMENT. DEVELOPING and PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.

GOOD WORK.

PROMPT RETURN Hongkong, 8th January, 1904.

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E. C. WILKS & Co., MARINE SURVEYORS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND

NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

"OLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed.

Salvage Work undertaken,

THE Norddeutscher Lloyd Company have just sold, at Bremen, a very fine steamer to Russia. The vessel is the Kaiserin Maria Theresia, of 8,278 tons. She is a steel twin-screw steamer and was built by the Vulcan Company at Stettin in 1890. The ostensible purchasers are said to be Italians, but that is a little ruse to avuid possible complications. The Russian Govern. ment, it is no secret, have bought the ship to be used as an auxiliary cruiser.

with the river, safely reached headquarters at half-past four.

So long as the water of Dragon Bay are blue, and the leaves grow green on Tiger Hill, so long does their deed of heroism deserve to be

sung in Japan. The scouts were second Lieuten ant "Nakazo Koishi and Privates Seinosuke Koga, Kintaro Ishihara, and Risuke Fujita. It was the last named who was killed. A week

Government's contribution and the other Tis. 230,000 which the foreign merchants were to be asked to contribute. The entire amount of the said Fls. 40,0.0 will be defrayed out of the revenues of the Maritime Customs in Kwanping taels, annually, till the Conservancy work is completed.

that that increase had been trifling. He

CHALLENGED THE STATEMENT

to be contradicted-the increase in the selling

also stated that he was prepared to sell the pills the pills and wine, could do so; and he had

and wine at a price 25 % less than the ordi- nary price. This offer on the part of the Farmer would commend itself to the Councilt

at once. The Farmer was entitled to come before the Council and say "I stand upon my

later the Japanese Army was across the Yalu, river Whangpoo is to be under the joint control price of the opium by the Opium Farmer had legal rights, and demand nothing but justice.

Kiulienching was won.

Pacific out of existence, in three months.

Misiortunes the various disasters have been called, but there is something more than irony

2. The work of the Conservancy of the

of the Shanghai Taotai and the Maritime Customs, and the administration of water police, highthouses and other affairs is to be

onder the control of the Maritime Customs.

"3. As soon as the present scheme is

accepted by the Powers concerned the Chinese Government is prepared to commence the

work of Conservancy within three months from

such date by employing one or two foreign engineers conjointly as recommended by the Powers concerned.

in the Chicago Tribune's remark that the "the Russian Navy would be safer if the Tar would issue a ukase forbidding it during the remainder of the war to handle explosives An American peval officer has been offering the opinion that Russia must lose in the fight. ing, on the old ground, proved so often, that the pen is mightier than the sword. In other words the Japanese private is an educated an, train- ed to act intelligently, to think for himself, capable of independent action; the Russian private soldier has been studiously kept in the densest ignorance and while endowed with plenty of animal courage will succumb to super-in iority of brains In the old days brains in the rank and file did not count; nowadays they mean almost everything.

4. The estimates of the expenses of the work will be banded over to the Consular Body Shanghai for their inspection every three months,

5. The Chinese Government expresses its desire to forego any contribution towards the expenses of the said Conservancy from the shipping trading to Shanghai, or from the ship ping business or from owners of property in and around Shanghai and its neighbourhood."

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE.

THE WAR AND TRADE. That the present war has had a stimulating effect on various kinds of trade in the Pacific North-west becomes apparent as statistics of Japaneses purchases are made known. One Scaule firm has had a credit of some $500,000 place with it by representatives of the Japan. SOMETHING like a regular traffic in stealing ese Government to be used in the purchase of and selling children has come to light in Bang supplies Largely through this firm a cargo of kok. Native children have been enticed away further orders have influenced the price of barley has already been sent to Kobe, and in the streets, taken somewhere into the interior, barley from $19.50 to $13.50 a ton. Big ship and there sold. The police have unearthed

ments of flour are coming to Japan on almost the business, and a number of cases will soon every ship that leaves Seattle for the Orient. come before the Borispab Court. On the night national Rasking Corporation at Aew York on Announcement was made by the Inter of the 19th ult. Nai Rucy, Inspector, with some

the 8th ult. of the shipment from Yokohama 'policemen surrounded the house of one Ajee by the steamship Gathic of $2,300 020 (gold) Sa-Ee at Muang Chok, near Bangkok, in which and by the steamship Empress of $2,750,000 in Fai Chaem, an alleged kidnapper, took refuge. Japanese gold consigned to the bank. These

The N. GI: S: S. Co.'s..&-Copys left Bom He was arrested. It is alleged that about

amounts of precious metal are for payment by bay for this port to-day, and may be expected the Japanese Government for war material too children and adults have been kidnapped and supplies purchased in America and ine on 4th prox. Agents for Messm. Allen & Sons Electrical | by this Nai Chaem. Eleven boys, one girl, Europe The Government would not venture

Plant and Centrifugal Pumps ....

and two adults have been recovered, and Najo forward gold direct from Yokobama via the cutta Chaem, with those who are charged with Suez Canal route to Europe, hence America benefits from the amounts in transit. On the yık

Ship Designs and Specifications prepared. Agents for the Construction and Sale of Steam

and Meter Launches.

Contract for New Tonnage on reasonable terms

with First-class Builders.. Luge Hock of Canadian Asbestos and

Asbestocel goods kept.

MARINEWORK.

Telegram Address Telephone:-No. 35°- ¡ faving bought children from him, are to be alt. 53,937,000 in Japanese gold, was received

"Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904,

[381 | tried in Borispah Court Ng 15-Slam Observer. | in New York,

English (Coromandel) 19th inst. Indian (Kumtang) 23rd inst. American (Gaelic) 23rd 10st: Canadian (Empress of China) 23rd inst. German (Bayern) 24th inst. German (Zisten) 35th inst American (Mongolia) 4th prax.

N. Co/t Li, Kumsang from Cal- Straits Jaft Singapore for this

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at your hands. You have put up for off 7, by- been trifling. Inquiries had shown that the contract, a tender for the exclusive right of price was increased but by one-fifth only, and dealing in opium, and I have a right to demand one-fifth he said was trifling. He put it to Justice at your bands, and you shall protect them that that could not be considered an in- me." They were bound to say be could not be crease, when it was remembered that the

altogether an undesirable person,, though he Farmer paid three times more than his pre- possibly might be considered no by some decessor, or nearly $2,000,000. Therefore, if it people. What more did a bond fide consumer was more it made the increase in price all the require than to have a place at which he could less. One-fifth more only was charged for th: buy his pills and wine at a reasonable price? opium, and more than three times was paid to The assertion that opium pills and wine were In the meantime, the sales by iken by persons to cure themselves of the habit had nothing in it, because, it was impos sible for anyone who advanced such an aster tion to produce any authority of any value, if at all, which would uphold the theory,

the revenue.

CURED BY STRENGTH OF WILL-

the Farmer had fallen enormously although the consumption had not been less. In fairness, he contended that that could not be attributed to the small increase in the price of one-fifth. It was due to the excessiva illicit introduction, pre- paration and sale in the Colony of opium, which,

The opium habit was cured by what was unless checked would reader it impossible or extremely difficult for the farmer to fulfil the called strength of will, and not by having conditions of the tender and contract he was reduced doses of opium. For the purpose of under and which he had entered into with the catching the unaware the pills, and the wine Goverment. Sir Henry said he proposed to were called anti-opium. There was

was no anti- deal with one or two objections, which he be opium. The pills and wine contained lieved would be urged by his friend opposite a certain amount of opium, bot that they, (Hon. H. E. Pollock) to the measure. The would eff ci a cure, be said again it was impos- first was that it was a great hardship to prevent sible for anyone to bring any authority to assure the sale of opium pills and wine by persons who them of the fact. There had been opg objec- bid hitherto been licensed or permitted by the tion raised, and it had impo.tant weight, and Farmer to sell them; and also that to prevent that was that the effect of the proposed measure Hospital the sale of the pills and wine would be to force would be to prevent the Tung the opium babit upon persons who were strug from prescribing pills and wine gling to free themselves from it. Neither of bad pointed out that the Fa those assertions, when examined, could stand.pared to make concessions whi for a moment.

THE QUESTION OF HARDSHIP/ Take Stat the hardship upon those who ha hitherto been engaged in selling by, permit license from the Farmer. Inquirie

had been made into that assertion

ther Government/des

in any way, and from the report made